Progressive Master of Arts Program and Traditional Master of Science Program

In the junior year of the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science program, a student has the option of applying for a progressive Master of Arts degree. Requirements for admission to this program include an overall grade point average of 3.2 or better and completion of at least 32 units of the environmental studies core curriculum prior to attaining senior status. Once accepted, the progressive degree student begins taking a mix of graduate and undergraduate course work in the fourth year, followed by a fifth year of graduate course work. Full-time registration in this program provides a path to the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies at the end of four years followed by the Master of Arts in Environmental Studies after only one year of additional study. Course work in the Master of Arts program includes professional training in the preparation and review of environmental planning documents. A traditional two-year Master of Science in Environmental Studies is also offered for students applying directly to graduate studies at USC.

Requirements for the Minor in Environmental Social Sciences

Required core courses

Units

ENST 100

Introduction to Environmental Studies

4

and two of the following:

units

BISC 120L

General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution

4

BISC 315L

Introduction to Ecology

4

CHEM 105aL

General Chemistry

4

CHEM 105bL

General Chemistry

4

GEOL 105L

Planet Earth

4

One elective statistics course chosen from:

Units

ECON 317

Introduction to Statistics for Economists

4

GEOG 392

Geographical Analysis

4

PSYC 274

Statistics I

4

SOCI 314

Sociological Statistics

4

Four elective social sciences courses chosen from (no more than one in a single department, excluding the internship):

Units

ECON 487

Resource and Environmental Economics

4

ENE 400*

Environmental Engineering Principles

3

ENST 320ab

Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air Sustainability

4-4

ENST 440

Environmental Risk Assessment

4

GEOG 345

Conservation of Natural Resources

4

GEOG 350

Race and Environmentalism

4

GEOG 360

Environmental Disasters

4

GEOG 397

Applied Geography Internship, or

POSC 395

Directed Governmental and Political Leadership Internship

4

GEOG 477

Water Resources

4

IR 323

Politics of Global Environment

4

IR 422

Ecological Security and Global Politics

4

POSC 347

Environmental Law

4

POSC 436

Environmental Politics

4

SWMS 415

Ecofeminism

4

SWMS 420

Women, Nature, Culture: The Behavioral Ecology of Women

4

Total units: 31-32

*Requires one year of both physics and math and one semester of chemistry.

Requirements for the Minor in Environmental Natural Sciences

Required core courses

Units

ENST 100

Introduction to Environmental Studies

4

three of the following:

units

BISC 120L

General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution

4

BISC 315L

Introduction to Ecology

4

CHEM 105aL

General Chemistry

4

CHEM 105bL

General Chemistry

4

ENE 400*

Environmental Engineering Principles

3

GEOL 105L

Planet Earth

4

One elective course outside student’s major from among:

Units

CHEM 300L

Analytical Chemistry

4

CHEM 322aL

Organic Chemistry

4

ENE 428

Air Pollution Fundamentals

3

ENE 429

Air Pollution Control

3

GEOL 412

Oceans, Climate, and the Environment

4

GEOL 460L

Geochemistry and Hydrogeology

4

Three elective social sciences courses chosen from (no more than one from a single department):

Units

ECON 487

Resource and Environmental Economics

4

ENST 320ab

Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air Sustainability

4-4

ENST 440

Environmental Risk Assessment

4

GEOG 345

Conservation of Natural Resources

4

GEOG 350

Race and Environs

4

GEOG 360

Environmental Disasters

4

GEOG 477

Water Resources

4

IR 323

Politics of Global Environment

4

IR 422

Ecological Security and Global Politics

4

POSC 347

Environmental Law

4

POSC 436

Environmental Politics

4

SWMS 415

Ecofeminism

4

SWMS 420

Women, Nature, Culture: The Behavioral Ecology of Women

4

Total units: 30-32

*Requires one year of both physics and math and one semester of chemistry.

Requirements for the Minor in Environmental Planning and Development

Required courses

Units

ENST 100

Introduction to Environmental Studies

4

PPD 304

Property Rights, Governance and the Environment

4

Two courses chosen from:

units

BISC 120L

General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution

4

BISC 315L

Introduction to Ecology

4

CHEM 105aL

General Chemistry

4

GEOL 105L

Planet Earth

4

One methods course chosen from:

units

GEOG 281L

Environmental Geographic Information Systems

4

PPD 404x

Statistics for Policy, Planning, and Development

4

PPD 429

Urban Design Practicum

4

Two planning and development process and politics courses chosen from:

units

PPD 227

Urban Planning and Development

4

PPD 302

Urban Sleuths: Exploring People and Places in Cities

4

PPD 443

Sustainability Planning

4

One elective course chosen from:

units

ECON 487

Resource and Environmental Economics

4

ENE 400*

Environmental Engineering Principles

3

ENST 320ab

Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air Sustainability

4-4

ENST 440

Environmental Risk Assessment

4

GEOG 345

Conservation of Natural Resources

4

GEOG 350

Race and Environmentalism

4

GEOG 360

Environmental Disasters

4

GEOG 397

Applied Geography Internship

4

GEOG 410

Urban Geography

4

GEOG 477

Water Resources

4

IR 323

Politics of Global Environment

4

IR 422

Ecological Security and Global Politics

4

POSC 347

Environmental Law

4

POSC 395

Directed Governmental and Political Leadership Internship

4

POSC 436

Environmental Politics

4

SWMS 415

Ecofeminism

4

SWMS 420

Women, Nature, Culture: The Behavioral Ecology of Women

4

Total units: 31-32

*Requires one year of both physics and math and one semester of chemistry.